http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/cocktailhour Questions tagged with 'cocktailhour' at Ask MetaFilter. Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:45:58 -0800 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:45:58 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/97908/Who%2Dsaid%2Dit%2Dfirst Where did the saying "It's 5 'o Clock Somewhere" originate? Yeah, I know the <a href="http://www.margaritaville.com/index.php?page=potm">Parrothead </a>reference. But wasn’t this phrase encouraging daylight debauchery long before Jimmy Buffet? (I guess I’d rather picture an F. Scott Fitzgeraldian flapper coyly whispering it between puffs from her mother-of-pearl cigarette holder than to imagine the drunken choruses powered by a 4-top full of Realtors in Hawaiian print shirts.) Cheers (or a pint!) to anyone who can help. tag:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.97908 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:45:58 -0800 cliches cocktailhour etymology happyhour sayings applemeat